Vegetative State

Peter Evans discusses new research into vegetative state.

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Mars Rovers

Peter Evans looks at the extraordinary success of NASA's Mars Rovers.

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Dinosaurs

Peter Evans meets dinosaur hunters discovering new species of the creatures every week.

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Invisibility Cloaks

No longer stuck in the realm of fantasy, the invisibility cloak is to become a reality.

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Amusia

Peter Evans meets people with amusia and finds out what's happening in their brains.

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Geo-engineering

Peter Evans meets the scientists devising schemes to rebalance the Earth's climate.

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Neanderthal DNA

Andrew Luck-Baker describes scientists' efforts to sequence Neanderthal DNA.

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Digital Medicine

Philip Ball takes a look at a new wave of medical inventions.

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Hubble Space Telescope

Andrew Luck-Baker meets the astronauts preparing to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Green Ships

Gareth Mitchell examines attempts to introduce green technology to the shipping industry.

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Scientific Evidence

Serious criminal cases seem to increasingly hinge on scientific evidence.

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Disgust

Claudia Hammond investigates new research connecting moral revulsion with physiology.

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Mission to Mars

Next year, Russian cosmonauts will simulate a mission to Mars. Richard Hollingham reports.

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Energy Harvesting

Gareth Mitchell meets the scientists trying to harvest energy from unlikely sources.

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Antarctica

Gabrielle Walker joins scientists to look at the effects of climate change.

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Coral Reefs

Andrew Luck-Baker visits the Pacific islands of Palau to witness a mass spawning.

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Medicines for Children

Graham Easton reveals why medicines for children lag behind adults.

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Amphibian Collapse?

One third of amphibians globally are threatened with extinction. Sue Broom investigates.

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Nanofoods

Sue Broom talks to the food industry who are manipulating foods at the nano scale.

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The First Forests

How the first forests transformed the planet 380 million years ago.

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Lunar Transient Phenomena

Andrew Luck-Baker explores the mystery of patches of bright light over areas on the Moon.

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X-Rays for Peace

Adam Hart-Davis visits the SESAME X-ray project in Jordan.

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Desalination

Gareth Mitchell asks whether or not desalination is the answer to global water shortages.

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Algae

Richard Hollingham investigates the scientific and environmental uses of algae.

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Alcohol

Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how alcohol affects our health.

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Bioprecipitation

Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather.

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Origins of Childhood

Andrew Luck-Baker asks why humans, unlike other primates, have such a long childhood.

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Stem Cells

Sue Broom catches up on progress in stem cell research.

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Synthetic Biology

Richard Hollingham investigates the questions raised by synthetic biology.

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The Placenta

Sue Broom visits the UK's first specialist placenta clinic in Manchester.

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